amand_r

1. The computer died. I am writing to you from the new one, Toshiko Toshiba, Mistress of the Dark Computer Arts.

a. This means that everything is actually trapped on my old hard drive, including the stories i owe three of you. I have to get ahold of a serial hard drive case, and when I do, I can access the giant vag in the center of the earth files again. I might just have to start those stories over in the meantime.


2. I need german food recipes! I am having the buds over for dinner, and i want to make spaetzle! I cannot get good brats here, sadface. But I was thinking I might try the strip district for some rabbit! Anyone have anything German to recommend?

3. As announced on twitter, I shall be writing a YA novel that is a steampunk vampire rip-off of The Color Purple called, "The Color Vortex" or possibly "The Vortex purple." It might also involve a Danny Glover robot that says "I'm too old for this shit."

Really, most of this stupid shit is on my twitter. If you ever feel the nee to talk to me during the day about lame shit, I'm cerebralcutlass.

4. ALSO--even though I am behind on the stories, I am still sending out the cookies soon! SO! IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME GINGERNSNAPS OR GARAM MASALA CHOCOLATE GINGERBREAD, AND A LITTLE FICLET, PLEASE SEE HERE: Amand-r's Frabjous Writing Promo. The ficlets are supposed to be 500 words, but as you can see from the first one, I kind of discard that sometimes. BUT 500 WORD MINIMUM!

The first story was for lilian_cho, and was called Registry, inspired by her starter sentence of, "It's not like there's a Chinese gay kama sutra."

5. Soon I shall watch the second half of Torchwood Miracle Day. And then, even thought I have been discouraged with fandom lately, I shall open the las.

6. Highlander peeps, I have not forgot you! Not having the templates on hand makes life slightly more pissy, but I know how to cut and paste, so I'll steal them soon. Sign ups start tomorrow, I think!

NOTE: If you friended this lj for the cookie entries, feel free to track the Buy mah cookies tag, and then you don't have to add me to your flist or reading list to get in on the leavings of my horrifying (and yet delicious) experiments. If you want to stay because I'm so gosh-darn loltastic, WELCOME.

So I am doing an experiment for V, and as a result, I have extra cookies this week. (V, yours actually look like this, but you get two more variations to try. They'll be mailed tomorrow).


Meet the limoncello shortbread with glaze (top). She's a feisty critter, With a crisp buttery taste and a sweet, slightly alcoholic glaze. These babies contain a tablespoon of lemon zest and a tablespoon of Mander's homemade limoncello.

Ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, limoncello, lemon zest, salt, flour. EGG FREE.

Then there is the limoncello meltaway (middle), a small round cookie baked briefly and then tossed with powdered sugar twice. These are so small (see final pic) they come in a batch of 14.



Ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, limoncello, vanilla, salt, flour, cornstarch. EGG FREE.

Sold out: Limoncello shortbreads.
Available: 1 dozen meltaways. $5 a dozen. Includes shipping costs. Due to glazes, they cannot be frozen, but will be shipped immediately for DA FRESHNESS.

Which means that everything I know...I know from fandom.

( Someone else wrote a story about it, and I drew pictures. )

Amand-r and the great cookie disaster.
--by Amand-r, PEI Esquire, DSMV VI

As this is Viv's first Halloween party I wanted to make a good showing at the whole "I'm an awesome parent and I rule hard" game that instinctually takes over your brain when faced with the sign up sheet for sweets to bring. Mum signed me up for cookies.

I can do cookies.

Simpler is better with preschoolers, but these are discerning palates, raised on Chef Boyardee and Clif Bars. Naturally I wanted to be awesome.

( So you know, trauma. )

( And then Viv's halloween parade. Skip if you're not into kid pictures. )

I HAD SEX WITH GARETH DAVID LLOYD ON A SINK AT DRAGON*CON AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY MANICURE:



( Yes, this sums up my whole D*C experience nicely. )

That was my big fat D*C exp. Seriously, few panels, lots of booze, tonnes of food, great people, EXCELLENT CONVERSATIONS, and a renewed sense of writing. I WILL WRITE THAT FPREG. IT WILL BE AWESOME.

OH AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE A SEASON TO AIR THIS FALL.

( Oh, and Jack and Ianto's post-it D*C adventure )

BUT FOR NOW, my dad is out of surgery, and I'm waiting to hear how he is, and I have plans to make biscotti with cabernet cocoa powder, and possibly some cupcakes.

I dreamt about biscotti last night.

I made a list of shit to do divided by pages: on page per category, house, work, online, general, errands, etc. IT'S NINE PAGES LONG.

See ya'll on the flip side.

EDIT: I bought their Netherworld Blend and the Reanimator Blend. The latter is great. Haven't tasted the firmer. Go there and browse the teas and coffees.

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request ~something~ of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal. If you absolutely can't write, you can offer drawings or icons or something instead (meta? picspams? reasons why that character/pairing rocks/doesn't rock?).

They will be fics. They have to fit in the comments to this post, man. You don't have to repost to request. Any of my listed fandoms. Awwww yeah.

TODAY'S ENTRY WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPACCANAPOLI! YAY!



ALSO: FAIL? OR WIN?



I'M THINKING ARBYS.

CAN'T TALK: WRITING. BBL TTFN TTYL OMFG BBQ WTF LOL BITE ME.

HERE, K'NAAN'S 'WAVING FLAG' IS THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP:

I spent yesterday procrastinating and writing and finishing my crimmas cards, which, if I do say so myself, are pretty fucking funny. I'll post them sometime closer to the holiday, because they need to be shared.

But I get ahead of myself! Today! ( UPDATE! BY! NUMBERS! )

That is all. There aren't the droids you're looking for. There aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. You can go about your business. Move along. Move along.

WARNING, some of this shit was left over from yesterday, when I didn't really post an update. So it might be out of date. Like 60 year old Coco Chanel.

( I have so much to talk about that I have to put it all behind a cut! I have BEEN AWAY FROM YOU ALL SO VERY LONG! Contains: polyamory, paraplegic sex, Torchwood 5, harry potter conjecture, THAT FUCKING PSYCH TEST, my friending policy, coffee-taser war 2009! )

8. ( True Blood, Season 2, Episode 3 (spoilahs, Logan! But made blacked out so that you cannot accidentally see them!) )